As of October, Christmas chocolates and Advent calendars are already appearing in some stores. In a supermarket in Chaville, near Paris, customers questioned by Europe 1 are rather skeptical about the subject ...

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"Soon, they will put the Easter chocolates in January!" In front of the crates of a supermarket, in Chaville, in the suburbs of Paris, chocolate fathers and other truffles are already on sale, but the customer does not feel the magic of Christmas. Another two months to wait before Santa Claus comes down from the sky with his toys by the thousands. However, in some stores, there are Christmas chocolates and the famous Advent calendars from mid-October.

"I think it's completely stupid, and then the quality of these chocolates ... I'm not eating it!", Criticizes a customer at the supermarket in Chaville, at the microphone of Europe 1. "It's too early It's pushing people to buy, for me it's business, "a woman irritated.

"In October, it's ridiculous"

Some, however, have already succumbed to these delicacies. For them, the goal is also to anticipate. "If we do not buy them, after there are more," says another client. "I want them to arrive around November 15, but October is ridiculous," she said nuance.

A father, he gets used to seeing Christmas arrive earlier and earlier: "My wife is Filipina.There they have already put the Christmas trees! They do it four months in advance, so there is worse". In a few days, the toys will also appear on the shelves. Follow the garlands and other decorations in the streets. In Chaville, they will be installed from the holidays of All Saints.